Nostalgic Subcompact: 1988-1992 Daihatsu Charade

[Thirty-Nine]

Remember the '88-'92 Daihatsu Charade? Not a whole lot of people do, and not a whole lot of people knew it existed at the time, either.

Daihatsu's cars were good, but they were too expensive, and underpromoted.

http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/09/nostalgic-subcompact-1988-1992-daihatsu.html

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I remember that car. I used to see one every other day back when I was a kid.

[minired5stby]

I remember that company too. I bet most people thought it was a Civic,Festive, etc.

[SilverBack]

I remember that car. I used to see one every other day back when I was a kid.

+1, though not as often. Same with the Rocky

[YarisSedan]

The neighbor shop to mine was working on one of them. The mechanics at my shop were laughing at it. We were what the heck a Daihatsu!

[Astroman]

I almost bought on of the 1.0 liter ones a couple years ago at an auction, but the car went for $1,500. Which was more than the blue book value. Wanted a 2nd car but was hoping it would go for $500 or less.

[yaris-me]

In a few years we'll be driving 600cc cars. Keep in mind the Suzuki Alto and the Honda 600.

[1NZYaris1]

Diahatsu still exsist's in some market's sold under the toyota banner :biggrin:
we still can buy them here new 600cc or 1000cc then there the serion 1300cc and now 1500cc 1NZ-FE and the 2NZ-FE :thumbup:

[yaris-me]

Diahatsu still exsist's in some market's sold under the toyota banner :biggrin:
we still can buy them here new 600cc or 1000cc then there the serion 1300cc and now 1500cc 1NZ-FE and the 2NZ-FE :thumbup:

Have you got Kei cars in New Zealand? Are there sites we can look at?:smile:

[Yaryaryaris]

I believe these had the exact same runner gear as the 1st gen metro.

[talnlnky]

if it wasn't for seeing the diahtsu cars in the video game GT3 for ps2 I may not have bought a yaris.... i used to think it was hilarious to soup up a lil car that had less than 100hp stock and race it around.

[Yaris Hilton]

I rented one of them in Grand Cayman in 1985, before they came to the U.S. I thought it a nice little car.

[Bredayaris]

You still see them sometimes here in Holland.
We can buy them also here nowadays.